| Registration and Networking
Welcome Remarks: Mary Backley Chief Executive Officer Maryland Dental Action Coalition
Opening Keynote: Meg Sullivan, MD, MPH Deputy Secretary of Public Health Services Maryland Department of Health Plenary: How Big Bold Advocacy Will Save Medicaid Ann Ciekot (Moderator) Partner and Director of Strategic Partnerships Public Policy Partners
Robyn Elliott Policy and Governmental Affairs Consultant for MDAC Managing Partner Public Policy Partners
Melissa Burroughs Senior Director of Public Policy CareQuest Institute for Oral Health
Kevin Lindamood President and CEO Health Care for the Homeless
Breakout 1a: Improving Children’s Oral Health Through School Based Programs: Future opportunities and lessons learned Uma S. Ahluwalia, MPH, MSW (Moderator) Director Leapp Strategies LLC
Christina Bartz, PAC, MMS Director, Community Based Programs Choptank Community Health Systems, Inc
Elizabeth Elliott, MSN, RN, CDCES, NCSN President Maryland Association of School Health Nurses
Ambyr Klink, CPNP-PC, MSN, BSN, RN Program Supervisor of School-Based Wellness Centers Howard County Health Department
Phylicia Porter, MPH, MSL Member, City Council, Baltimore, District 10 Chair, Public Health and Environment Committee
Breakout 1b: Why Help? Students and Early Career Dental Professionals Share Perspectives on Practicing in Underserved Communities Debony Hughes, DDS (Moderator) Director, Office of Oral Health Maryland Department of Health
Jena Baguyos Dental Hygienist Student University of Maryland School of Dentistry Emily Chaffer Dental Hygienist Student University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Ryan Witte 4th Year Dental Student University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Allison Cates 4th Year Dental Student University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Bahar Boroumand Rad, DDS Pediatric Dental Resident NYU Langone at Chesapeake Health Care
Crystal Smith, DMD Pediatric Dental Resident NYU Langone at Chesapeake Health Care
Presentation: Senator Benjamin L. Cardin Lifetime Achievement Award for Oral Health Advocacy Senator Benjamin L. Cardin Senator Malcolm Augustine (D-Prince George’s County) Senator Mike McKay (R-Allegany, Garrett, Washington) Delegate Heather Bagnall (D-Anne Arundel County) Delegate Bonnie Cullison (D-Montgomery County) Breakout 2a: How Maryland Can Address the Dental Hygienist Shortage Robyn Elliott (Moderator) Policy and Governmental Affairs Consultant for MDAC Managing Partner Public Policy Partners
Katy Battani, RDH, MS Deputy Director National Maternal and Child Oral Health Resource Center Georgetown University
Shavonne Healy, MSDH, RDH, Founder and CEO A Higher Leaning, LLC
Ariana Kelly Executive Director Maryland Commision for Women
Breakout 2b: Community Health Workers at Work: Policy Wins, Oral Health Integration, and Future Opportunities
Evelyn B. Kelly, MPH (Moderator) Director, Strategic Initiatives Institute for Public Health Innovation
Delegate Heather Bagnall D-Anne Arundel County, District 33 Maryland General Assembly
Elizabeth Chung, MS, Public Health Executive Director Asian American Center of Frederick
Michael E. Rhein, MPA President & CEO Institute for Public Health Innovation
Stephanie Brown Community Health Worker Co-Founder Maryland Community Health Worker Association Closing Plenary: Fluoride – Protecting a Proven Public Health Tool Cheslea Fosse, DMD, MPH Vice President, Research and Policy Center American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
Networking Reception |
